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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [219] (228/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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EOUTE 33
219
Miles from
jasr-i-
mirin
35
39
46i
stone building. Some 6 m. to NE. a range of low
rounded hills, at the foot of which were some ruins and
a ziyaret.)
From Sheikh Sa'id to Salahiyeh (Kufri) general direction
W.
Leave village along a good track over a broad valley
sloping gently upwards from river. Good gravelly soil.
Pass dry, gravelly bed of stream running into Gok Su.
Pass several dry ravines. Plain 6-8 m. wide, perfectly
open and bare; gravelly soil would grow good wheat
crops.
Eeach bank of Gok Su, a large stream flowing into the
Diyaleh. Gravelly bed, 200 yds. wide, with many small
channels; good clear water. Ford stream. Good soil
with a little grass on the plain: only ruined village
visible. Good soil with a little grass. Gradually ascend
a low range of hills on r. bank of Gok Su. Turn up
side valley over some low spurs. This range is called
Jebel Kushki (Dry Hill) owing to absence of water in
ravines. Best line to Salahiyeh is parallel to ridge, the
general direction of which is from NW. by N. to SE. by
S.; it is easily passable at any point. No well-defined
road, but several small paths. The range is cut up by
many gravelly ravines with strata of gypsum cropping
out here and there.
Reach crest of ridge (alt. 1,290 ft.): view back over plain
of Gok Su : no village or trees in sight. Descent winds
among steep gravelly spurs: no well-defined track; cross
several small stream-beds ; a little grass in the hollows.
Cross stream with little water in wide and stony bed ;
some clear pools. General direction of valley and
undulations 216° (between SW. and SW. by S.). Pass
a small stream and valley with some good grass. A few
ledges of sandstone rock begin to appear at intervals.
Soil improves, becoming less gravelly. Some herds of
cattle and sheep seen in 1888 ; patches of wheat between
undulations.
Leave spurs of range and emerge on level cultivated plain
of Chenimassi. Cross several sandstone ledges ; white
incrustations here and there in the soil; water sweet.
Pass Chenimassi village (100 houses) in centre of plain
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
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- 1 volume (214 folios)
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This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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